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Monday Monday Monday! Hopefully most of you made it through the weekend without having torturous dreams about other Ars Technica staffers. Er, right.

Confessions of a Mac Genius - Pop Syndicate interviews a "genius" with a rather negative attitude about his views on customers. While we can all certainly relate to the frustrations of dealing with certain users, this is an awesome way to make sure the customers know that you despise them. Good job!

Apple's not so sure about those numbers saying that nearly half of Mac users are over the age of 55. Although they say the numbers are inaccurate, they don't really offer up proof that the MetaFacts report is incorrect.

Apple has reportedly discontinued its UK mail-in repair service. Most users have experienced Apple sending them a pre-paid label and box to send their machines out for repair, but in the UK, they are now being told to simply take the machines to the nearest Apple Authorized Repair Center.

Speaking of Mac heists (okay, so I stole that joke), $35,000 worth of iPods were stolen from a Best Buy in Pembroke Pines, Florida. It's being estimated that approximately 175 iPods were stolen. If you live in Florida and some guy on the street tries to sell you a brand new iPod in exchange for some gum, beware!

John Gruber of Daring Fireball has pointed out an incident of possible icon theft by Microsoft from Apple. "Think of a snarky comment making fun of the fact that Microsoft can’t even copy an icon without screwing it up by resizing it."

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Jacqui Cheng
Jacqui is an Editor at Large at Ars Technica, where she has spent the last eight years writing about Apple culture, gadgets, social networking, privacy, and more. Emailjacqui@arstechnica.com//Twitter@eJacqui